As I sit here wondering what to write about I am struck by my increasingly large case of writer’s block. A kind of block that is case specific to this time honored tradition we call, “New Year’s Resolutions”. Resolution by definition means, “A course of action determined or decided on.” A New Year’s Resolution according […]
A few of years ago I had hit my highest weight ever, even heavier than when I was nine months pregnant, pre-eclamtic and swollen to the hilt! So I set out to drop the weight. It helped that I had just had braces put on my teeth and thus my mouth was often to sore […]
Last year after Christmas I posted a Wordless (almost) Wednesday about Christmas Emotions. One of the stories there was about Joey and his innovative wrapping techniques. This year I have another story to tell pertaining to a new method of wrapping Joey came up with this year! For whatever reason each one of our children […]
In our house we started a tradition many years ago of opening our presents with our children on December 23rd. The Christmas holiday was so packed with this aunt’s house and that relative’s house and so much running around that I felt we weren’t getting the special fun time just with our children. Even […]
I know you all read that title with the expectation that I would have some sort of epiphany and clear cut answer for you, with lots to back it up….but I don’t! Instead I have a thought process, lots of talking and researching, and some possible resources…… Another reason I feel my anxiety over homeschooling […]
Jayden was anxious to get through his standard piano practice this week because he had his eyes set on learning to play Carol of the Bells. By doing a quick YouTube Search he found this great video tutorial for playing it. I love the fact that it breaks it down not only by hand, but […]
My 6 year old daughter is very curious about everything. We have friends who celebrate Hanukkah and she was curious as to how that looked and how it was different from celebrating Christmas. I did a little looking and found these Hanukkah for Kids resources to help me teach her a little bit about […]
I recently came upon a blog post entitled, “25 Christmas Books to Read With Your Child”. This post inspired me to dig out our favorite Christmas books from home as well as to take a trip to the library and gather a stack of books to read throughout December. I love Adrienne’s idea of wrapping […]